Muscular System Vocab

Question 1

Reverse Muscular Vocab

to move a skeletal part away from the midline

Answer 1

abduct

Question 2

Reverse Muscular Vocab

a muscle that stretches a part

Answer 2

tensor

Question 3

Reverse Muscular Vocab

to turn the palm of the hand down

Answer 3

pronate

Question 4

Reverse Muscular Vocab

having to do with the fingers or toes

Answer 4

digital

Question 5

Reverse Muscular Vocab

dense connective tissue on the surface of individual muscles

Answer 5

deep fascia

Question 6

Reverse Muscular Vocab

to raise a structure

Answer 6

elevate or levitate

Question 6

Reverse Muscular Vocab

pear-shaped

Answer 6

piriformis

Question 6

Reverse Muscular Vocab

loin

Answer 6

psoas

Question 7

Reverse Muscular Vocab

to straighten a part or open a joint

Answer 7

extend

Question 8

Reverse Muscular Vocab

straight

Answer 8

rectus

Question 8

Reverse Muscular Vocab

loose connective tissue that underlies the skin and attaches it to the superficial layer of muscles

Answer 8

superficial fascia

Question 8

Reverse Muscular Vocab

large, expansive

Answer 8

vastus

Question 9

Reverse Muscular Vocab

a chewer

Answer 9

masseter

Question 9

Reverse Muscular Vocab

having to do with the chest

Answer 9

pectoral

Question 9

Reverse Muscular Vocab

having to do with the thumb

Answer 9

pollicis

Question 10

Reverse Muscular Vocab

comblike

Answer 10

pectinate

Question 11

Reverse Muscular Vocab

the big toe

Answer 11

hallux

Question 12

Reverse Muscular Vocab

individual muscle cell; also used to describe the grossly visible grains or longitudinal lines

Answer 12

fiber

Question 13

Reverse Muscular Vocab

located near the fibula in the lateral compartment of the leg

Answer 13

peroneal

Question 14

Reverse Muscular Vocab

having to do with the head

Answer 14

capitis

Question 15

Reverse Muscular Vocab

having to do with the region of the armpit

Answer 15

axillary

Question 17

Reverse Muscular Vocab

a broad, sheetlike region

Answer 17

aponeurosis

Question 18

Reverse Muscular Vocab

dense, collagenous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Answer 18

tendon

Question 19

Reverse Muscular Vocab

the upper arm

Answer 19

brachium

Question 20

# Reverse Muscular Vocab widest

Answer 20

latissimus

Question 22

# Reverse Muscular Vocab the middle or the largest part of a muscle

Answer 22

belly

Question 22

# Reverse Muscular Vocab the attachment of a muscle to the more movable skeletal part, usually the distal attachment of a muscle

Answer 22

insertion

Question 22

# Reverse Muscular Vocab the attachment of a muscle to the less moveable skeletal part, usually the proximal attachment of a muscle

Answer 22

origin

Question 24

# Reverse Muscular Vocab having two heads

Answer 24

biceps

Question 25

# Reverse Muscular Vocab triangular

Answer 25

deltoid

Question 27

# Reverse Muscular Vocab wide

Answer 27

lata

Question 29

# Reverse Muscular Vocab to bend a part or to close a joint

Answer 29

flex

Question 30

# Reverse Muscular Vocab a muscle whose action is opposite that of another muscle

Answer 30

antagonist

Question 31

# Reverse Muscular Vocab the forearm

Answer 31

antebrachium

Question 33

# Reverse Muscular Vocab to move a skeletal part nearer the midline

Answer 33

adduct

Question 33

# Reverse Muscular Vocab the rump or buttocks

Answer 33

gluteus

Question 34

# Reverse Muscular Vocab segmentally arranged multiple points of attachment

Answer 34

slips

Question 36

# Reverse Muscular Vocab long and round

Answer 36

teres

Question 37

# Reverse Muscular Vocab to turn the palm of the hand upward

Answer 37

supinate

Question 38

# Reverse Muscular Vocab the thumb

Answer 38

pollex

Question 39

# Reverse Muscular Vocab a division of a muscle

Answer 39

head

Question 40

# Reverse Muscular Vocab a restraining band

Answer 40

retinaculum

Question 41

# Reverse Muscular Vocab having four heads

Answer 41

quadriceps

Question 42

# Reverse Muscular Vocab having to do with structures of the back of the trunk, foot, or hand

Answer 42

dorsi

Question 44

# Reverse Muscular Vocab a network

Answer 44

plexus

Question 45

# Reverse Muscular Vocab having to do with the big toe

Answer 45

hallucis

Question 46

# Reverse Muscular Vocab a muscle that has the primary effect in a particular action

Answer 46

agonist

Question 47

# Reverse Muscular Vocab saw-shaped, toothed on the edge

Answer 47

serratus

Question 49

# Reverse Muscular Vocab having three heads

Answer 49

triceps

Question 50

# Reverse Muscular Vocab having two bellies

Answer 50

digastric